Congressional Report and Katy Freeway Update

The 107th Congress of the United States began on January 3, 2001, with a balanced budget, a large tax surplus and, before the end of the year, we had paid off $453 billion of the national debt. On September 11, 2001, terrorists launched a sneak attack on our homeland, and America was at war.

President George W. Bush has proven that he is magnificently suited to lead America as a wartime President. His focus and his determination to win this new war is inspirational, and I will do everything in my power as your Congressman to help him. America will defeat the evil fanatics who started this war just as surely as we defeated the evil fanatics who launched the sneak attack of December 7, 1941.

Today, the tax surplus and the balanced budget have vanished, and our payments on the national debt have ended. Our economy was already slowing down when we went to war, but the ripple effect of the 9/11 attack heightened our economic slowdown. Tax revenue then dropped dramatically, and unfortunately, liberals in Congress have not been able to resist raising federal spending at twice the rate of inflation. This is one of the reasons I voted against the Farm Bill. We are spending too much money at a time when we need more tax cuts.

My guiding principle is to let Texans run Texas by preserving and expanding Texas' original sovereign authority to control internal, intrastate issues under the 10th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution. My primary goals nationally are to enact a balanced budget Constitutional amendment, pay off the national debt and abolish the income tax by replacing it with a national consumption tax collected by the states. I am also focused on protecting our borders and stopping illegal immigration. Locally, my highest priority is to open up the Katy Freeway ASAP.

I have represented west Harris County for 15 years, first in the Texas House from District 130, and since January 3, 2001, in the U. S. House. I am very grateful for the privilege of representing you, and will do my best to represent you with integrity and consistency as a free-market fiscal conservative who remembers his job description: representative.

Culberson Journal

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